Shifting public health practice to advance health equity: Recommendations from experts and community leaders

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-196

  Knight, Erin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Policy; Public health; Social determinants of health; Socioeconomic disparities

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84895059058     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31829959fb     Document Type: Article

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